Never got around to the maze, but we've got a mirror mandala made of over fifty convex security mirrors. It's easy enough to just dust it every night as part of our opening routine.

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I haven't heard anything about fire tools being confiscated during air travel. I'd just make sure to check them and not try to carry them on.

What it really boils down to is the fact that it's Burning Man and you're going to want to spin fire.



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Color me stopping by as well. I'll be bringing glow and fire poi and had hoped to find folks to spin with and share technique. Prometheatrics added to my Book of Must Visits. The Tesseract sounds sick - need help with assembly? I'll be looking for projects the first couple days. Our vanguard crew a...

<yawn> http://www.delcomproducts.com/products_USBCtrls.asp Guess what I googled? USB red input button For frick's sake people, at least try. Thank you, Lord Of Ruin, that is exactly what I'm looking for. I did try a few stabs at Google, but somehow neglected to think of adding the term 'input'. Tha...

How about... a mouse?? :) That actually could work if I can't find a better solution. It comes with its own problems, but most of the obvious ones have equally obvious lines to workarounds. It'd be cool it if were a big lit red button, but I can quite easily surround it with a ring of red leds inst...

Aside from the concept of pausing, I'd suggest looking for software that provides image capture or snapshot capabilities, since that's what you're going to be showing on your screen. The button press triggers capturing a still image from a frame. I'm going to be using an old notebook with Windows X...

I need a solidly built, illuminated USB button that, when pressed, yields a definable keypress to the computer to which it is connected. I also need some free webcam software that allows you to enable a mirror mode which can be paused and unpaused by hitting a key.

When you use a technical abbreviation like UI it suggests that you already have technical details sorted out. You need a button of some sort to send a signal to the computer. Try this thread as well: http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=23269&highlight=tech Yep, "a solidly built, illuminate...

That's pretty much the idea. It's back projected onto a sheet of plexiglass over which paper has been pulled.

What I don't have a clear line on is the software and the physical UI.

I suspect you'll get more and better answers with a description of your project rather than the specifics you think you're looking for. The hivemind works best on big pictures, not details. This is a project I've been working on versions of for years now, and I'm fairly confident I've got the rest ...

I'm working on a project that needs two pieces of tech I haven't nailed down yet. Hopefully the hivemind can help. I need a solidly buildt, illuminated USB button that, when pressed, yields a definable keypress to the computer to which it is connected. I also need some free webcam software that allo...

While the answer of 'throw a piece of rebar in a random direction and you'll hit one' is definitely true, my camp makes a point of burning every night at dark thirty (or dark forty-five) and we often have a crew out burning as the sun rises. We're generally placed on the Esplanade and can be most ea...

Our camp has an art installation (specifically, the Tesseract mirror-bungee hypercube) that has needed either a cube truck rented or a trailer pulled behind a camp member with a large enough vehicle- a luxury we don't always have. A third alternative has occurred to me this year, namely the possibil...

These are exactly the sort of replies I count on the eplaya to yield. Thanks, both of you. I love it when it's a matter of choosing between solutions what'll do the trick. At this point I'm leaning towards the second 2k due to cost, noise and fault tolerance- if one goes out I still have one. I'll p...

Thanks for the tip- I'll be sure to look into the 3000iSA. It might just be worth the expense. The light I'm referring to isn't so much a disco mirror-ball as it is a dual-axis light projector. That said, I'm already considering how to protect it- from as simple as a plexiglass terrarium to some dif...

Some lighting and power questions for the beloved hive mind. I recently ordered a Chauvet Cosmos 2 for the camp and note that it's got two 300W bulbs in it, plus the motor. I've got a Honda 2ki that generally runs all we need at night- we're not a high-power sound camp, really. I don't want to get s...

I know many of us look back with fond memories on the swimmers, divers and monkeys- those magical three dimensional zoetropes that flickered in the night. Inspired by that work, I've an idea for a smaller, in-camp zoetrope. I'm looking for links or ideas on how to get the timing of the strobe right....

I guess I'll see about picking up some resistors at Fry's. It's just that I know they're sold with the resistors attached, and it'd save me a hunk o' work. Ah well. It's not like I'll be the only one soldering en playa.

Here's a link to the site I got my LEDs from. It goes into the need for resistors and has links to sites with more info on it. http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_info.htm Basically, I have these acrylic cubes that I want to dangle a cluster of LEDs from a hole in the ceiling, wiring them all up to a...

I received a package of LEDs from a company whose web site led me to believe that they'd include the resistors already attached. Now I'm a good number of LEDs short, don't have the time to add resistors and am hoping for a suggestion from the hivemind. Does anyone know of a company that sells white ...

A cool but dangerous idea. Which makes it just the thing for Burning Man! Thanks for the words of caution- I plan on having all the relevant data (flashpoint, etc) before pulling the trigger, as it were. I also plan on doing ash tests- supposedly flash paper is as close to LNT you can be and still ...

Thanks! That's almost exactly what I was picturing, except I was picturing using the spin for gyro effects, too. Which would probably make it much more difficult.

And looking at that log, it doesn't look easy. Thanks for the link! Now I have someone to bother with questions once I've read it all.

This is one of those "Oh Cool!" ideas I've had for years but have not yet made real. I hope to this year, but it occurs to me that flashpaper might not be legal on the playa, with the ban on fireworks & the like. Does anyone know if a flashpaper origami workshop would get shut down by the law? Quida...

First off, if you know someone who was involved with any of the Cubatron projects or with the Quoting Whirled from '02, please point them at this thread. Have you seen those cool little devices that look like noisemakers but when whirled around flicker the LEDs in such a pattern as to spell out word...

I was under the impression all fireworks were illegal at the event, yet a couple of my friends were under the impression sparklers were okay.

I'd hate to draw the eye of Sauron- anyone know if they're legal or not?

The current design for supporting the water basins is to have several chains suspended from the hoop all meeting together at the bottom, connecting to a key ring. The chains will be short enough so that the hoop won't reach the rim of the basin, ensuring that the several chains are distributing the ...

Say, anyone out there got an idea where I could get metal hoops? Thin metal rod bent in a circle- I need three, 24" diameter, 20" & 16".

I'm going to be hanging the fountain from the inside of a dome and need to make sure the acrylic basins are supported properly.

Actually I'm going for UV-reactive water clear acrylic basins & sonic atomizers.

I'm designing a fountain for our camp this year, ludicrous as it might sound. I'd like to hear from anyone who's done work with them at the event before. I'm designing a simple one with a single pump, allowing me to bring plenty of backups. Any suggestions for keeping the thing from clogging solid? ...

I'm considering renting a cargo van for the event- anyone out there find something better than $300/wk? Preferably from a company who doesn't care where you take it, just that it comes back clean.